LESS Alcohol ~ FEBRUARY 2024 ~ One Day at A Time

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  • tmbg1
    tmbg1 Posts: 1,434 Member
    14- AF
    3- LA
    7- A
  • Darlene_Oregon
    Darlene_Oregon Posts: 186 Member
    What does LA stand for? I looked at the acronym list but did not see it. Thanks
  • forestdweller1
    forestdweller1 Posts: 415 Member
    Less Alcohol....as in, low alcohol wine...Mocktails....alcohol free beer....2 drinks on a Friday night as opposed to 5...only imbibing on weekends as opposed to every single night...going alcohol-free with an occasional slip up....

    What ever gets us to a healthier relationship with alcohol and our selves.

    Welcome aboard.
  • tmbg1
    tmbg1 Posts: 1,434 Member
    Darlene_Oregon wrote: »
    What does LA stand for? I looked at the acronym list but did not see it. Thanks

    For me it means 1-2 drinks. I use this because I'm not giving up A entirely, but I'm just trying to drink less.
  • tmbg1
    tmbg1 Posts: 1,434 Member
    16- AF
    3- LA
    7- A
  • xbowhunter
    xbowhunter Posts: 1,237 Member
    A =15
    AF = 10
  • 2timesacharmmfp
    2timesacharmmfp Posts: 79 Member
    Doing much better staying on target the 2nd half of the month vs the 1st half!

    So far 16 days on target (9 AF/7 LA) and 9 A. Planning to wrap this month with 3 more AF and 1 LA.
  • itladyee
    itladyee Posts: 5,327 Member
    Goals for February
    Kinda Dry February
    Limit drinking to weekends and special occasions
    Drink Friday or Saturday, None on Sunday (exception Superbowl)
    Weekend 2/2
    Anniversary Dinner 2/7
    Weekend 2/9 ~ Superbowl
    Weekend 2/16
    Weekend 2/23
    Goal AF = 23 +
    Current Streak - AF = 2 + 3 (TBD)
    Longest Streak - AF = 16

    Going for dry for the rest of February

    A = 2
    W = 12
    AF = 15
    A=Non Wine Alcohol
    Month Recap by Day
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    2/1 ✅️
    2/2 ✅️
    2/3 🍷
    2/4 🍸
    2/5 ✅️
    2/6 🍷
    2/7 🍸Anniversary >Impromptu dinner out. Thought oven would be fixed by now. Husband had planned to make dinner at home and we go out Saturday. We are still going out Saturday :)
    2/8 🍷
    2/9 🍷
    2/10 🍷Planned Anniversary Out
    2/11 🍷Superbowl
    2/12 🍷Habit
    2/13 🍷Husband had a beer, so why not? :(
    2/14 ✅️
    2/15 ✅️
    2/16 ✅️
    2/17🍷It's the weekend... Back to AF tomorrow
    2/18 ✅️
    2/19 🍷 Went out to dinner...
    2/20 ✅️
    2/21✅️
    2/22 🍷
    2/23 🍷 It's Friday
    2/24 🍷 Movie day
    2/25 ✅️
    2/26 ✅️
    2/27 ✅️
    2/28 ✅️
    2/29 ✅️
    2024 Stats
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    January
    AF = 87%
    A = 13%
    February
    AF = 58%
    A = 42%
    2023 Stats Detailed
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    January
    AF = 53%
    A = 47%
    February
    AF = 29%
    A = 71%
    March
    AF = 0%
    A = 100%
    April
    AF = 14%
    A = 86%
    May
    AF = 23%
    A = 77%
    June
    AF = 27%
    A = 73%
    July
    AF = 0%
    A = 100%
    August
    AF = 0%
    A = 100%
    September
    AF= 0%
    A= 100%
    October
    AF= 0%
    Wine=100%
    A= 100%
    November - Assumed
    AF= 0%
    Wine=100%
    A= 100%
    December - Assumed
    AF= 0%
    Wine=100%
    A= 100%
  • Michieb125
    Michieb125 Posts: 800 Member
    edited February 27
    Checking in while on vacation. Lots of dining out and socializing over the weekend. Also biking, and long walks on the beach.
    Went overboard on Sat night at a big celebration dinner but only 1 glass of wine on Sunday night.
    Some planned red wine this evening but will stay within limits. Heading out for another adventure tomorrow!

    11 - AF
    12 - A (wine)
    3 - LA (low calorie wine)
    Limits: 2 glasses
  • tmbg1
    tmbg1 Posts: 1,434 Member
    17 - AF
    3- LA
    7- A
  • MissMay
    MissMay Posts: 3,749 Member
    March LESS ALCOLHOL link:

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10910560/less-alcohol-march-2024-one-day-at-a-time/p1?new=1
  • 2timesacharmmfp
    2timesacharmmfp Posts: 79 Member
    Final check in - really wanted a glass of wine last night but once I got to the point to slow down and have one...I didn't want it anymore :smiley:

    Planned A tonight leaves me:
    20 days on target (8 A/12 AF) and 9 days over target
    Slightly over my original goal of 15 AF days but I can see the improvement as I work through the month. Time to get March started!
  • Michieb125
    Michieb125 Posts: 800 Member
    Arrived home last night from a 5-night girls vacation with daily activities as well as numerous social gatherings. I preferred to cook in a couple of nights but that wasn’t the majority vote, so us gals dined out and had wine daily. For me, I did let me hair down with the wine intake and maybe should have accounted for that in advance (no husband, kids, or grandkids with me this time). It was also a difficult month personally but no excuses.
    I did not hit my LA goal of 18 AF days — so that will be my new LA goal for March.

    Feb. accountability including today!

    12 - AF
    14 - A (wine)
    3 - LA (low calorie wine)
    Limits: 2 glasses (over 4 x’s)
  • itladyee
    itladyee Posts: 5,327 Member
    Goals for February
    Kinda Dry February
    Limit drinking to weekends and special occasions
    Drink Friday or Saturday, None on Sunday (exception Superbowl)
    Weekend 2/2
    Anniversary Dinner 2/7
    Weekend 2/9 ~ Superbowl
    Weekend 2/16
    Weekend 2/23
    Goal AF = 23 + Actual = 15
    Current Streak - AF = 5
    Longest Streak - AF = 16

    February was a challenge. Now it's time to get back to January thinking....
    Light years ahead of last year!! In 2024, I have had 42 days AF. In the entire year of 2023, I had 43 days AF. Wow, even my less than stellar February was better than 90% of the months in 2023!

    Thank you @Missmay for hosing this group and thank you all for keeping me accountable, without accountability, I wouldn't have these details to know the progress being made!!

    Time to focus on March!

    @missmay ~ Nice work for the month of February

    A = 2
    W = 12
    AF = 15
    A=Non Wine Alcohol
    Month Recap by Day
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    2/1 ✅️
    2/2 ✅️
    2/3 🍷
    2/4 🍸
    2/5 ✅️
    2/6 🍷
    2/7 🍸Anniversary >Impromptu dinner out. Thought oven would be fixed by now. Husband had planned to make dinner at home and we go out Saturday. We are still going out Saturday :)
    2/8 🍷
    2/9 🍷
    2/10 🍷Planned Anniversary Out
    2/11 🍷Superbowl
    2/12 🍷Habit
    2/13 🍷Husband had a beer, so why not? :(
    2/14 ✅️
    2/15 ✅️
    2/16 ✅️
    2/17🍷It's the weekend... Back to AF tomorrow
    2/18 ✅️
    2/19 🍷 Went out to dinner...
    2/20 ✅️
    2/21✅️
    2/22 🍷
    2/23 🍷 It's Friday
    2/24 🍷 Movie day
    2/25 ✅️
    2/26 ✅️
    2/27 ✅️
    2/28 ✅️
    2/29 ✅️
    2024 Stats
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    January
    AF = 87%
    A = 13%
    February
    AF = 58%
    A = 42%
    2023 Stats Detailed
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    January
    AF = 53%
    A = 47%
    February
    AF = 29%
    A = 71%
    March
    AF = 0%
    A = 100%
    April
    AF = 14%
    A = 86%
    May
    AF = 23%
    A = 77%
    June
    AF = 27%
    A = 73%
    July
    AF = 0%
    A = 100%
    August
    AF = 0%
    A = 100%
    September
    AF= 0%
    A= 100%
    October
    AF= 0%
    Wine=100%
    A= 100%
    November - Assumed
    AF= 0%
    Wine=100%
    A= 100%
    December - Assumed
    AF= 0%
    Wine=100%
    A= 100%
  • xbowhunter
    xbowhunter Posts: 1,237 Member
    I'm glad Feb is almost over! lol

    A =18
    AF = 10

    Not a great result for Feb but I did manage to maintain my weight as of today 2lbs under goal. So I'm looking on the brighter side of life! :)
  • Michieb125
    Michieb125 Posts: 800 Member
    @xbowhunter - you can still celebrate all those AF days you racked up. Good for you!
  • Michieb125
    Michieb125 Posts: 800 Member
    edited February 29
    @MissMay - your final stats for February are truly, truly admirable. A huge congratulations to you. You are right, we can all benefit from Less Alcohol in our lives. Thank you for that honest truth.
  • I_am_motivated
    I_am_motivated Posts: 46 Member
    It looks like a lot of success for the month of February. I officially started Feb.4 with no alcohol and made it the rest of the month. I did drink non alcohol beers which helped tremendously. I'll eventually quit drinking those too. Sparkling water with lime seems to do the trick too. Wishing everybody a successful March. See you there. :wink:
  • tmbg1
    tmbg1 Posts: 1,434 Member
    19- AF
    3- LA
    7- A
  • lisalouc
    lisalouc Posts: 6 Member
    I didn’t do very well with being AF this month. I am disappointed in myself. I was completely dry in January but this month had a few celebrations which just ignited the taste for 🍷. Nice work to all of you who were more successful! Will there be a community group for March?
  • Michieb125
    Michieb125 Posts: 800 Member
    @lisalouc and others who may have missed the link above, from MissMay.

    Here is the link-
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10910560/less-alcohol-march-2024-one-day-at-a-time/p1?new=1
  • MissMay
    MissMay Posts: 3,749 Member
    foldinthecheese wrote: »
    After drinking or using rec drugs, or both, every single day since mid-2020, except for a few 4-5 day periods on vacation outside the country, I successfully had a completely dry February.

    I never would have even had the idea or thought to do this if it weren't for joining MFP, and specifically seeing this thread, and for the willingness of others in this thread to allow me (and others) to use the thread as a personal journal when I can't really share my journey with anyone in my real life.

    Thank you to all, and here's to hoping for a good (admittedly not completely dry) March. January and February are my light months and work gets crazy for the rest of the year so I probably won't be back to reading and posting here for a while because if I don't force myself to pull away from forums I spend way too much time.

    As Sam Waterston ends one of my favorite movie monologues of all time:

    May your best years be yet to come. And so for us all.

    Heart felt....thank you for stopping in. We hope your LESS ALCOHOL journey is a success.

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